Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception and Authentication is open at OpenAI in San Francisco (hybrid). The posting gives a salary of $342K - $399K. Posted on Aug 21, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We’re looking for a machine learning engineer to help shape how future AI systems understand the physical world and the people in it. The role focuses on multimodal perception and authentication, bringing together signals from cameras, microphones, and other sensors. You’ll work with specialized perception models and larger multimodal models, and partner with hardware, firmware, software, and product teams to bring…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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